Katrina Johanna (Hanna) LANDSTRÖM

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-026739

Notes:

Listed as “Cathrina” in the 1870 Swedish census.

Emigrated to the U.S. on May 18, 1898, at the age of 31. Emigranten Populär shows her brother Gustaf leaving Göteborg, destination Duluth, on 8 Jun 1898. Gust was traveling with his sister Johanna. The pair are shown in the St. Albans border crossings as arriving at the port of Quebec on June 22nd aboard the S.S. Lake Superior which had left Liverpool on June 11th.

Shown as living with her brother Gust at the time of the 1900 census. She is shown as being able to read, write, and speak English.

According to MOMS, she married as Katrina Johanna Lindstrom.

In the 1910 census she had had 3 children, all three still living.

In the 1920 census she was a 52 year-old widow who had come to the U.S. in 1898. She was living with her four children on their farm in Grand Lake Twp.

In the 1930 census she was a 63 year-old widow living with her two younger sons on their farm in Grand Lake Twp, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

In the 1940 census, she lived with her son Albin and his family in Grand Lake Twp.

Her son David/Daniel built a general store in Saginaw that she ran until her death. She is not shown as having any occupation in the 1940 census.

The informant for her death certificate was Albin O. Kohs of Saginaw who had no idea who her parents were. She was the widow of Daniel when she died. She had been in the community for 41 years. She died from heart disease.

The author of her son Albin’s obituary thought that Hannah’s maiden name was Engman.

Birth:
1890 residence: Mjösjö, Västerbotten county

Katrina married Daniel KOHS on 31 Dec 1903 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Daniel (son of Daniel KOHS and Louisa) was born on 13 Nov 1866 in Germany; died on 31 Jan 1917 in Grand Lake Twp, St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried on 4 Feb 1917 in Canosia Cemetery, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: DC-65226

Notes:

Johann Daniel on his birth certificate.

He was at home in the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census he is probably the David E Kohler, single, 25 years old, born in Minnesota (and both parents also born in Minnesota) who was living in Milwaukee. That David was a laborer in building construction.

He left home and essentially ghosted his family for five years in the early 1930s. “He was never home and he never wrote.” He reappeared in April of 1937, new wife and children in tow, much to the relief of his poor mother.

In the 1940 census, as David Kohler, he and his family and a servant lived at 2972 North Hackett in Milwaukee in a house he owned worth $9000. He was the proprietor of a tavern. He and his wife were high school graduates.

Had a tavern at 732 N Water in Milwaukee in the 1939, 1940, and 1942 city directories. He and his wife Marguerite lived at 2972 N Hackett Avenue.

His SS# was issued in Wisconsin in 1951.

Listed as Dan, of Milwaukee, at the time of his brother Gustaf’s death in 1968. Not listed as a survivor of his brother Albin.

Died as David Kohler.

Died:
as David Kohler

Family/Spouse: Marguerite. Marguerite was born on 19 Sep 1905 in Wisconsin; died on 3 Dec 1973 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1907-42144

Notes:

She is probably the 24 year-old Minnie Kohs who is a restaurant waitress rooming in Chicago in the 1930 census although that Minnie is claimed to have been born in Illinois.

Minnie Dostis received her Social Security number in Illinois.

In the obit for her husband, Peter J. Dostis, she is referred to as “neé Helmouth.” This was a name she assumed.



Not listed in her brother Gustaf’s obituary. Listed as surviving “sister, Minnie, of New York” in the obituary of her brother Albin.

Minnie Dostis. 100, of Hetcheltown Rd. entered into eternal life on July 14, 2007.  Born in Saginaw, MN on April 4, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Johanna Landstrom Kohs.  Minnie grew up in Duluth, MN and spent most of her life in Cook County (Chicago Ill) where she was married to Robert Klein until his passing in 1968. {?sic} Later she was married to Peter J. Dostis.

A devoted housewife/homemaker, she was always conscientious of health and nutrition.  Minnie was a great cook and enjoyed baking. She was an avid reader of poetry and religiously took brisk walks. At the age of 92 she made a point of climbing over three flights of stairs each day. Minnie resided in Pleasantville, NY from 1976-79 then moved north to the Capital District. She was fond of her centurion status and her many friends at Glendale Home. Surely she will be missed.

Minnie was predeceased by her three brothers.
 
Survivors include two daughters, Marian Kroon and her husband Eugene of Roselle, IL and J. Maria Dostis of Rexford, NY.; grandchildren, Steven E. Kroon (Christine) of Schererville, IN, Sharon Devo of Illinois and Chara Vlamis Burnett and husband G. Keith Burnett Jr. of Palo Alto, CA; great grandchildren, Andrew and Joel and Taylor Kroon, Ian and Ryan Devo and Skylar Burnett.
 
Graveside committal services will be held at Elmwood Cemetery Chicago at the convenience of the family.  There will be no calling hours.

Remembrances may be made in Minnie Dostis' name to Activities Department c/o Glendale Home 59 Hetcheltown Rd. Glenville, NY 12302.

Birth:
perhaps born in Duluth although Daniel and “Cathrina” were already in Grand Lake in the 1905 state census

Died:
SSDI last residence

Family/Spouse: Robert KLEIN. Robert died in 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wilhelmina married Peter John DOSTIS on 15 May 1941 in Cook County, Illinois. Peter was born on 17 Apr 1902; died on 27 Jul 1968 in Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1908-34053

Notes:

Gustaf on his birth certificate. Gustaf in his obituary. Called Albert by some in the family.

He was not mentioned in his mother’s 1937 letter to his cousin Alma in Sweden.

He was Gustaf A Kohs when he registered for the draft in October of 1940. At that time he was married to Emma May, was a farmer, and lived at Rt 1, Box 64A, Saginaw, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

In the 1943 Duluth city directory, he and Emma lived at 336 N 58th Ave W. He was a laborer for the DM&IR Ore Docks.

In the 1948 city directory, he and Emma lived at 12 N 56th Ave W. He was a laborer for Minnesota Power.

In the 1952 city directory, he and Emma lived at 4508 Grand Ave. He was a watchman for Berwind Fuel.

In the 1960 city directory, he and Emma lived at 6603 Polk. He was still a watchman for Berwind Fuel.

His obituary was published on p. 06:6 of the June 15, 1968, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune:

Gustaf Albert Kohs, 59, of 319 N. 51st Avenue W., died Thursday in a Duluth hospital. He was a life-long resident of Duluth and a former employee of the Berwind Coal Co. He was a member of the Church of God. Surviving him are his wife, Emma; two brothers, Dan, of Milwaukee, and Albin, Saginaw, and several nieces and nephews.

Birth:
St. Mary’s Hospital. Find A Grave has his birth date, quite erroneously, as 31 Oct 1938. It also calls his mother Hannah Engman.

Gustaf married Emma Mae HICKS in 1940. Emma (daughter of Eugene Charles HICKS and Wilhelmina A SANDEN) was born on 15 Jul 1909 in North Dakota; died on 30 Jan 1983 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried in Oneota Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1910-33711
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2000-MN-025711

Notes:

His mother’s maiden name is shown erroneously as Engman on his death certificate. It is Landstrom on his birth certificate.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and children and his mother live in Grand Lake Twp in the same house in which he and his mother had lived in 1935. He is a farm laborer.

His obituary was published on p. B05 of the August 31, 2000, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune:

Albin O. Kohs, 90, of Seville Road, Saginaw, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2000, in St. Mary’s Medical Center.

He was born April 23, 1910, in Saginaw to Augus and Hannah (Engman) Kohs. He was a lifelong Saginaw resident and had been an employee of Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company for 45 years, retiring Jan. 8, 1975. He married Edna M. Forsell 64 years ago in Duluth.

Albin loved his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and dancing, and watching baseball and boxing.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.

Survivors include his wife, Edna; two sons, Kenneth (Betty) of Saginaw and Lyle (Barbara) of Bozeman, Mont.; two daughters, Janet (Bob) Willeck and Gloria (Chester) Hanson, both of Saginaw; a sister, Minnie, of New York; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great-granchildren.

Burial in Sunrise Memorial Park. Arrangements by Bell Brothers Funeral Directors - Bell Brothers Chapel, 601 N. 56th Avenue W.

In the notes for one of her Swedish visits, Naomi writes, “Got some letters from Alma for Albin Kohs. They were written by his mother to Alma in 37-38.”

One of his nieces remembers Albin as a big guy who spoke with a Swedish accent.

Birth:
at St. Mary’s Hospital

Albin married Edna Marie FORSELL in 1936 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Edna was born on 23 Jan 1911 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 9 Apr 2007 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunrise Memorial Park, Hermantown, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Age 5 in the 1940 census (March 18th).

Peter Francis Kohler, M.D., (1935-2005) died September 16, 2005, right after he survived Hurricane Katrina, in his Home in Covington, La. He had retired after having served 20 years as Professor Of Medicine and Herbert Harvey Chair in Clinical Immunology Emeritus from Tulane University in New Orleans, La.

He was born In Milwaukee, WI and attended Milwaukee University School, Princeton University (1957), and Columbia Medical School (1961). He met and married his wife, Christa Eckert Kohler, M.D., in 1962 during his residency at the University of Minnesota. He then served as a Research Fellow at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation In Lajolla, California, before becoming Professor of Medicine and Head Of Clinical Immunology at the University Of Colorado School of Medicine. He was a well-known and much published researcher and speaker and belonged to numerous medical boards and societies.

Dr. Kohler was much loved by his patients, but also a great teacher. He inspired his students and his Family to always value scholarly pursuits. But he also loved life and laughter and was always full of new ideas. He loved to lecture and travel throughout the world; to hike, camp and ski; to play tennis and ride his horses; and, most of all, to do those things with his beloved family and numerous close friends. Peter is survived by his wife, Christa Eckert Kohler, M.D.; son Michael Kohler, Ph.D., J.D. and his wife Lynn Haaland, J.D. and their son, Haakon; son, Nicholas Kohler, Ph.D., his wife Ann Fifield, M.S. and their son, Wiley; son Andre Kohler, M.S.; and sister, Jill Kohler, M.S.

A memorial service will be held at Ss. Peter And Paul Church, 2490 N. Cramer, Milwaukee, Wi 53211, at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 29, 2005.

From the Princeton Alumni Weekly, January 26, 2006, issue:

Peter died Sept. 16, 2005, after a lifelong career in the medical profession and a lifelong battle with diabetes.

At Princeton, he majored in history, joined Tiger Inn, and roomed in his senior year with Frank Jones, John Thomas, and Rick Weiss.

After graduating, Peter spent four years in medical school at Columbia. He then went to the University of Minnesota for an internship and residency in internal medicine. There he met and married Christa Eckert.

The couple moved to La Jolla, Calif., for a research fellowship at the Scripps Clinic. Next, Peter became a full-time faculty member at the University of Colorado Medical School, teaching there for 18 years and heading the division of clinical immunity.

Then he moved to Tulane University, where he became chief of medical service at Charity Hospital and associate director of the general clinical research center. He edited a book on Charity Hospital, the oldest hospital in continuous existence in the U.S.

Peter and Christa lived on a small horse farm across Lake Pontchartrain and kept a condo in the New Orleans French Quarter.

He is survived by Christa, sons Michael '88, Nicholas '89, and Andre; a sister; and two grandsons. The class offers its sincerest condolences to Peter's wife and family.

The Class of 1957

Peter married R.C. ECKERT [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, she was Marion Klein, an 8 year-old second grade student lodging at the St. Patrick Academy in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois. Five years earlier she had lived in Chicago.

Indexed in the Cook County marriage index as Marion Klein Dostis for her marriage to Eugene Kroon.

Her obit:

Marian T. Kroon, 78, of Roselle, formerly of Addison. Beloved wife of the late EuGene; loving mother of Steven (Christine) Kroon and Sharon Kroon-Devo; cherished grandmother of Andrew, Joel, Taylor, Denny, Ian and Ryan; fond sister of Maria Dostis; and aunt of Chara Burnett; longtime companion of the late Ed Stein. Funeral Service Saturday, 10:15 a.m. from Humes Funeral Home, 320 W. Lake St., Addison (2 Mi. W. of Rt. 83, 2 Mi. E. of Rt. 53) to St. Philip the Apostle for Mass at 11 a.m. Interment private. Visitation 2 to 8 p.m. Friday. If desired, memorials to the Christine Center, W8303 Mann Rd., Willard, WI 54493 appreciated.

Marian Kroon, b. 28 Aug 1931, d. 25 Jan 2010. Last residence Roselle, Du Page County, Illinois. Last benefit in Addison, Du Page County. SSN issued in Illinois before 1951.

Marian married Eugene Hans KROON on 22 Sep 1951 in Cook County, Illinois. Eugene (son of Orvar August KROON and Emma JOHNSON) was born on 28 Jul 1928 in Cook County, Illinois; died on 10 Jul 1987 in Du Page County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2003-MN-002873

Notes:

Middle name Joanne or Jo-Anne on her children’s birth certificates. Also Jo-Anne in the MOMS database.

Of Saginaw at the time of her father’s death.

Janet J. Willeck, 66, of Saginaw, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, in Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis.

She was born on January 13, 1937, in Duluth, to Albin and Edna (Forsell) Kohs. Janet worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant for St. Louis County for 28 years until she retired.

She enjoyed when her grandchildren stayed over, the Friday 13th Gang get-to-gether, her church friends, lunch outings, and gal pal Shirley. She was involved with the women's 4-H Camp, and enjoyed trail walking. Janet also loved her weekend retreats with her best friend of 50 years, her husband Robert.

Janet was preceded in death by her father, Albin. She is survived by her mother, Edna Kohs of Saginaw; loving husband of 50 years, Robert of Saginaw; sons, Keith of Saginaw, Randall 'Randy' (Beverly 'Bev') of Brookston, and Jamie (Bonnie) of Eden Prairie; sister, Gloria (Chet) Hanson of Saginaw; brothers, Kenneth (Betty) Kohs of Saginaw, Lyle (Barb) Kohs of Bozeman, Mont.; four grandchildren, Cory, Heidi, Claire, and Grace.

Internment will be at Sunrise Memorial Park, Hermantown.

Died:
Fairview University as Janet Joann Willeck

Janet married Robert Franklin WILLECK on 5 Nov 1955 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Robert was born on 14 Jun 1933 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 11 Dec 2009 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunrise Memorial Park, Hermantown, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]